Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-10
AN EX.vICE- PRESIDENT DEAD,
Hon William A Wheeler Passes 0uietI


WATERTowN, n Y, June 4.-Hon.
William A Wh-rler died at his home in
Malone this morning.
( He remained i q comatose state during
'ae night ana passed peacefully away
without Il sigl OF recognition OF those
about him.
WiIlism =. Wheeler, LII. D., was
born June so, 1919, in Malone, Franklin
county, New York, entered the Uni
verslty Of Vermont, in the class which
graduated in 1912, but the sudden death
OF his tGtner compelled him TO leave his
collegiate course unCompletsd. He began
the stuty Of law with Colonel Asa
HasCsll, and was at different times en-
plOyed as a school teacher. Soon after
his admiss or TO the bar ne rose rapidly
IN the legal profession, and was made
district attorney for Franklin county;
holding the position until he declined to
retain 1t longer. For several years re
was superintendent Of schools for
Franklin county. In 1850 snd 1851 Mr..
Wheeler represented Franklin county IN
the New York House of Assembly; was q
member Of the Senate Of New York in
1858 end 1859, and president pro tsm. 'of
that body. He YVES s member ard the
president Of the New York constitutional
convention III IS61-GS; was elected
representative in Congress to the Thirty
seventh, Forty first, Forty second, FOI W
third aud FOrty-fOurtl Congresses, and
in June, 1876, was unanimously nOmi-
mated fer the ViCe-presidency of the
United States by the Republican national
convention at Cincinnati. For several
years he was much engaged il banking
and railroad affairs, He was one 81 the
organizers Of the bank Of Malone, ard
held the position OF cashier ana chief
managing director. He was trustee q
the Northern New York Railway Com
pany Ia The political complications
which arose in LCuisiana during the ses-
sion Of the FortyThird Congress, Mr..
Wheeler was conspicuous, he having been
chairman OF the special committee of the
House of Rep. esentGtiyes that visited
Louisiana and finally adjusted the Difficult
ties existing there on the basis of Whist
is known as "The Wheeler compromise"
He was elected Vice President of the
United States March ., 1877
QUIET DEATH.
MALONE, N Y, June 1.-The deatl OF
eX-Vice- President Wheeler, which Oc-
Cured at lO:IO O'Clock this morning, was
painless and life went out so gradually
and quietly that it was hard to mark the
exact moment OF its flight. Mr.. Wheeler,
whose Vitality mas been diminishing
slowly through the past six years, re-
tanned his usual Yigor up 20 perhaps six
months ago. lie was tortured terribly by
insomnia and neuralgia, and WAS also
stilicted with calarrh OF the bladder. On
the night ol March 3, Ias!, he was seized
with chill, followed by 6 sinking spell
and then by fever, and for hours his
physicians thought him dying. He never
fully rallil from that attack, and mind
ard body wasted away together. The
probability is it mas been sotteniDg OF the
Drain and for weeks he was irrational.
This brain affection was the immediate
cause Of death. Monday LIST he sank into
condition OF Inconsistencies from
which he was never fully aroused, except
for moment or two. Since Wednesday
ne had not spoken nor given
any sig OF recognition Of his friends or
what was going on around him. lie had
no near relative in The woTlG 20 minister
TO him during his illness or watch by his
death bed. A number CT his deceased
wife's relatives and friends were grouped
around his bed side when the SAD hour
came.